Good luck to Oleg Maskaev and Hasim Rahman!

[Nautilus]

Knock knock?
Who's there?
:Spam:

Thank you, the SpamFlag.

Bigjopapump needs to put a SpamFlag in your ass.

[Kball15]

are you retarted?


seriously though, are you retarted?



card is ass, the fight will be boring as hell..

Watch it be a FOTY type fight. i dont think it will be, if it does turn out to be that i will laugh and laugh and laugh. and ill be sure to bring this topic up again. lol

[badblood]

This fight belongs on HBO, no way is it a PPV fight. I will still watch it thanks to streamtv.

[Njord777]

No matter how ****ty a fight is I get to watch it for free at the local winghouse. So, while I agree with those saying they wouldn't pay for it- I don't have to. I just have to buy wings and put up with ignorant people who don't know what the hell they are watching.

[psychopath]

What's wrong if the guy wants to buy and watch it? No ****i'n big deal. We all have different degree of interest on every fight, so those who are not interested just shut up.

[Hitman18]

What's wrong if the guy wants to buy and watch it? No ****i'n big deal. We all have different degree of interest on every fight, so those who are not interested just shut up.

Exactly what he said.

[Bozo_no no]

What's wrong with it is that they're putting more and more **** cards on PPV and the prices are going up.

If this fight bombs, they'll think about lowering the price or beefing up the cards.

If it sells well it's open season on putting out **** PPV cards at high prices.

You guys pumped at the prospect of paying $50 for Valuev vs Beck?

[Bozo_no no]

Doo Doo Pay Per View: The Top Five Reasons To Boycott Rahman-Maskaev

By Aaron Jones

If I told you a 34-year old ex-champ who hasn’t won a title fight in five years was facing a 37-year-old Kazakh who mainly feeds on stiffs, you’d think nothing of it. But, if I followed with, “Oh, by the way, it’s the main event of a $50 HBO PPV this Saturday,” you’d wait for the punchline, right?

Yeah, it’s a joke—but I’m not kidding.

This Saturday, Bob Arum’s Top Rank presents a card billed “America’s Last Line of Defense,” live from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. By all reasonable accounts, the fight between American ex-champ Hasim Rahman and Oleg Maskaev promises to bring further clarity to a muddled heavyweight division. Plus, when our own Kenneth Bouhairie met up with Hasim, the heavy-handed bruiser sounded motivated: “I’m comin’ to knock [Maskaev] out in explosive fashion!”

Sounds like an event to look forward to, except that’s only one side of the story. I’ve shown the good, now here’s the bad and the ugly…. Or, The Top Five Reasons To Boycott Rahman-Maskaev:

THE FIGHT IS ON PAY PER VIEW! – No less than six years ago, when both were young stars climbing to the top, these two met up on HBO’s Boxing After Dark series. It was a pedestrian eight rounds until a perfect right hand from Maskaev blasted Rahman out of the ring, literally. A simple evening, in which cable subscribers merely had to turn the dial to HBO. Fast-forwarded to the present, and it will take $49.95 to see a rematch between two old guys who’ve since lost three fights apiece. ˇQue Lástima!

HASIM RAHMAN – The aging heavyweight contender looks to get back on track this Saturday. That said, even his diehard fans will acknowledge he has a history of disappointing when it counts. In 2001, after knocking out Lennox Lewis to bring the heavyweight title back to American soil, “The Rock” followed up by being on the receiving end of Ring Magazine’s “KO of the Year.” After that, he looked flat against an ancient Evander Holyfield, losing by technical decision. Finally, in 2003, he blew it against John Ruiz in a 12-rounder that’ll instantly relieve chronic insomnia. Worse than losing big fights, he has become a poster boy for inconsistency. For every spectacular showing, you get a follow up that’s sure to displease. So, pardon me for not holding my breath in anticipation.

THE UNDERCARD – The truly deserving and successful pay-per-view cards are the ones with rich young talent to complement the big names. Supporting the uninspiring main event, Arum and HBO have added lightweight Jose Armando Santa Cruz and featherweight Humberto Soto in lame matches. With uncertainty looming over the main event, it’s galling that the promoter and HBO haven’t added more depth to this card—or at the very least thrown in the young off-air talent competing that night: heavyweight Travis Kaufman, Irish middleweight Andy Lee, and jr. middleweight Vanes Martirosyan. Which ironically brings us to #4…

IVAN VALLE – Who? This virtual unknown is set to take on Humberto Soto, a man last seen dispatching prospect Oscar Leon, and before that scoring a decision over Rocky Juarez. Allow me to make an example of someone who hasn’t earned the right to take place in a “WBC Title Eliminator.” Valle is 25-4 with notable wins over nobody you’ve ever heard of. This will definitely be his big chance to shine, although I wish the promoters had found someone who’ll be able to challenge Soto, instead of providing a tune-up for his next big fight.

“8” – As in this will be the eighth PPV HBO has given us in as many months. Which makes the score 8-0 in the battle between PPV shows (HBO only) and cards televised on network TV over the past year. (Boxing appearing on network TV is the single best way to get it back in the public consciousness, and covered by the mainstream sports media. PPV has the opposite effect; squeezing its ever-dwindling base.) The last time I saw boxing on NBC, it was for the Olympics. This unsettling migration onto cable leaves a sour taste. Gone are the days of great fights gracing ABC’s Wild World of Sports, where millions could watch for free. Instead, a greedy near-sighted few hold our sport hostage while getting rich, and this Saturday’s PPV is a prime example of this.

So, to the consumer, who has more power than he may realize: stay away. Regardless of who wins, the heavyweight division will still be a mess, and you will see the result on ESPN’s news line by tomorrow morning anyway. Save your money, spend a night out on the town, and come back next week when you won’t have to empty your wallet to enjoy a fight.

[Hitman932]

if i wasnt so rich i wouldnt pay to see this, but i have to spend my money somehow.

[Leo Pradun]

Exactly what he said.

most of u guys complain and complain and say **** how u not gonna get the fight and then will still get it...